The SLA-Michigan Chapter is sponsoring a tour of ProQuest's Digital Factory, and we have some openings for those who may be interested. Registrations will be taken until all the space is filled. Sorry for the late notice. We hope to see some of you next week.

What: Tour of ProQuest’s Digital Factory

In this unique opportunity, come tour the “production” floor where content is digitized, archived, and indexed on a daily basis.  

When: Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 8:00am – 10:00am

Where:  ProQuest Headquarters
789 E. Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, MI, 48108
It is on the corner of State Street (exit 177 of 94) and Eisenhower (across from Briarwood Mall)

Event Details:

• Due to security, you MUST RSVP in ADVANCE by May 16th
• Arrive at ProQuest HQ by 8am
• Light refreshments will be available
• Attendees will be split into groups with both groups taking the tour and participating in the network/product updates
• Tour of ProQuest’s Digital Factory
• Product Updates / Refreshments / Networking
• Tour takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes with a 30 minute round trip shuttle from their HQ offices to the factory “floor.” 

Program Sponsorship: 
ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company’s products are a gateway to the world’s knowledge including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical collections and ebooks. ProQuest technologies serve users across the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share, create and manage information. As the global leader in providing mission-critical information that drives innovation by professionals of all kinds including scientists, engineers, legal practitioners and business analysts, ProQuest’s Dialog is renowned for enabling precision search of content from the world's most authoritative publishers. Sources include massive deep web repositories of scientific, technical and biomedical literature, patents, and thousands of industry, news and company information sources — now being made accessible through the powerful and intuitive ProQuest Dialog™ search service. Professional searchers such as librarians, researchers and information users from corporate, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog for depth of content, advanced searching and the ability to provide complete solutions.

Cost:
SLA Michigan Chapter Members – Free
All Library Science Students – Free
Non-student who are non-members – $15

 
SLA Members who attend this event will have a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card, which will be awarded at the holiday party in December.

Register at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLA-MI-ProQuest

Not a Michigan member but want to become one? Join or add the Michigan chapter to your membership.

 

Christine Flott
Publicity Coordinator